Hayden Panettiere Engaged to Boxer Wladimir Klitschko

Panettiere appeared on CBS’s “Live With Kelly & Michael,” on Wednesday.

Panettiere appeared on the show wearing a live boa constrictor. Co-host Kelly Ripa remarked, “I’m sort of distracted, not just by the snake, but there’s a very large diamond ring on your ring finger. … I’m not sure if you want to announce anything. … Does that signify anything, is that a promise of something? Panettiere responded, “It might be. … I mean, I think it speaks for itself.” Then, when Ripa asked directly, “Are you engaged?” and Panettiere said, “I am,” and later added that she hadn’t picked a date, given her schedule.

Panettiere and Klitschko met in 2009 at a book party. They began dating and although they split for a time, they were back together by last spring.

ABOUT: Hayden Leslie Panettiere is an American actress, model, singer, voice actress, and activist. She began her acting career by playing Sarah Roberts on One Life to Live, and Lizzie Spaulding on Guiding Light on CBS.

ABOUT: Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian heavyweight professional boxer. Klitschko is the WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO and The Ring Heavyweight Champion, and is the younger brother of WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko.

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Kelly Ripa net worth and salary: Kelly Ripa is a New Jersey-born actress and daytime TV host who has a net worth of $75 million, and an annual salary of $20 million. An actress and talk show host, Kelly Ripa first rose to fame playing Hayley Vaughn Santos on the ABC soap opera “All My Children”. After “All My Children” she worked on the sitcom “Hope and Faith”. While filming “Hope and Faith”, she also became the co-host of “Live with Regis and Kelly”.

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